Visitors who climb the mountain are urged to pay respect and avoid the rock at the top of the mountain. It is considered the burial ground of the tribe's ancestors and the mountain itself is also seen as an ancestor.

This is not the first time a nude photo on a mountain has caused controversy.

Four Western tourists were arrested in June 2015 for taking nude photos on a popular climbing peak at Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, an act which the local community blamed for causing a deadly earthquake that killed 18 people on June 5 that year.

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